Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:465 nodemailer

Question

I was using my gmail account to send an smtp alert messages to my users email . Example, registration or account blocked etc. I am using a nodemailer and was email were sent

Answer 1

Thank you for your time guys. Below is what works for me .

nodemailer.createTransport('smtps://user%myDomain.com:pass@smtp.gmail.com');

changed to

var smtpConfig = {
    host: 'smtp.gmail.com',
    port: 465,
    secure: true, // use SSL
    auth: {
        user: 'user@myDomain.com',
        pass: 'pass@pass'
    }
};
var transporter = nodemailer.createTransport(smtpConfig);

I Found the example above on the doc https://github.com/nodemailer/nodemailer . I am suspecting this may happened to you if your password contained @ symbol considering u and the smtps link. Its therefore advisable to split it into an object without the @ symbol interfering with your smtps url. This is my guess thought. Nonetheless the above solution works for me. Plus don't forget to allow less secure apps from your google console.